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2026 (8)

March (2)

dotnet: Ten Months with Copilot Coding Agent in dotnet/runtime

.NET

2026-03-23

The .NET team reports on ten months of using GitHub Copilot Coding Agent in dotnet/runtime and summarizes lessons from cloud-AI-assisted development. The post is a data-driven retrospective rather than a feature release.

github: Network configuration changes for Copilot coding agent now in effect

GitHub

2026-03-02

GitHub has put into effect (as of Feb 27, 2026) previously announced required network configuration changes for teams running Copilot coding agent.

February (6)

github: Copilot coding agent model picker for Copilot Business and Enterprise

GitHub

2026-02-19

GitHub announced a model picker for Copilot coding agent for Copilot Business and Enterprise users.

github: Use Copilot coding agent with Windows projects

GitHub

2026-02-18

Copilot coding agent can now be used with Windows projects, running tasks asynchronously in a GitHub Actions-powered development environment.

github: Copilot coding agent supports code referencing

GitHub

2026-02-18

Copilot coding agent now supports Copilot code referencing for generated code that matches code in public GitHub repositories.

github: Delegate tasks to Copilot coding agent from Visual Studio

GitHub

2026-02-17

Visual Studio can now delegate coding tasks to GitHub Copilot coding agent, which runs asynchronously in the cloud and produces a draft pull request.

github: Network configuration changes for Copilot coding agent

GitHub

2026-02-13

GitHub announced upcoming network configuration changes for Copilot coding agent, which runs background tasks in its own GitHub Actions-powered environment.

github: GitHub Mobile: Model picker for Copilot coding agent

GitHub

2026-02-11

GitHub Mobile now lets Copilot Pro and Pro+ subscribers select an AI model when starting a Copilot coding agent session.

2025 (4)

December (1)

dotnet: Microsoft Learn MCP Server Elevates Development

.NET

2025-12-08

Microsoft's Learn MCP server improves the Copilot developer experience by providing practical examples and clear integration steps for Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, the Copilot CLI, and the Copilot Coding Agent.

November (1)

github: Copilot coding agent now supports pull request templates

GitHub

2025-11-05

GitHub’s Copilot coding agent, an autonomous background agent that creates and updates pull requests with a summary of its changes, now supports repository pull request templates so its generated PR bodies follow your repo’s template while still inserting the agent’s summary.

October (2)

github: Ask Copilot coding agent to make changes in any pull request with @copilot

GitHub

2025-10-28

GitHub’s Copilot coding agent can now edit existing pull requests created by humans when you mention @copilot in a comment, in addition to its ability to open new pull requests from scratch.

github: Copilot coding agent can now search the web

GitHub

2025-10-16

GitHub’s Copilot coding agent — an asynchronous autonomous background agent that can open draft pull requests and make changes for you — can now search the web to gather information and references to inform its code changes and suggestions.